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Show Plans Outlined by Jaycees for First Annual Teen Ager Road-e-o Contest of Driving Skill Tlans for conducting the first annual Teen Age Road-e-o in Cedar Ce-dar City are nearing completion according to Wilford Day, chairman chair-man of the local committee in charge of the event. The event sponsored by Junior Chamber of Commerce is for the purpose of "emphasizing the rules of the road and the skills needed for safe driving." All Teen Agers holding driving licenses or permits are eligible to compete if they have not had a traffic violation vio-lation within the past 60 days. The local high school is participating parti-cipating to the extent with an assembly to be held Tuesday morning, Mar. 29 and the driving quiz to be given all students during the school hours Thursday or Friday. The written quiz for all Teen Agers oiher than high school students will be given on Thursday evening from 5 to 6 O'clock O'-clock at the Tri-State Motor Co. The top contestant on the written writ-ten quiz will earn the right to compete In the driving skill test to be conducted Saturday, April 2 at 10 a. m. on the fieldhouse parking area. Prizes will be given giv-en the three top contestants and the winner will be eligible to compete in Salt Lake City In the state Road-e-o on April 9. State winners will compete for $3,000 In scholarships In a national contest con-test July 25-29 in Washington, D. C. Prizes for the local winners have been donated by Travelers Insurance Co., Milne Truck Line and the Southern Utah Automobile Automo-bile Dealers Assn. Cars for the driving skills test will be donated by the local automobile auto-mobile dealers. This test Involving Involv-ing a test in skills in driving in a straight lina, backing, negotiating ne-gotiating an obstacle run, parking, park-ing, and accuracy in stopping will be open to the public and everyone is cordially invited to attend. Judges for the local event will be from the local law enforcement enforce-ment agencies who will rate the contestants according to their ability to perform the required maneuvers. |